Allowing Canadians to vote electronically may be the remedy for the ever-dwindling percentage of voters who bother to exercise their democratic rights, Elections Canada suggests.
In a report released late Friday, the independent electoral watchdog says it will push this fall for legislative changes that would allow it to implement online registration of voters.
And it wants parliamentary approval to conduct an electronic voting test-run in a byelection by 2013.

Two votes for one person?
It's possible for people in the Halifax Regional Municipality who have received two e-voting cards, or those of family and friends who have died or moved away.
At least three CBC employees could cast a second ballot in the municipal election this month, if they were prepared to break the law.

Quebec's chief electoral officer is urging the province to stop using electronic voting systems.
In a new report on problems with Quebec's 2005 municipal election, chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet targets the electronic voting system used to collect and count the votes.
The election was an expensive disaster marked by errors, which produced inaccurate numbers and unreliable results, the report said. And the new electronic system is to blame, it adds.